Fixed Term: Data and Analytics Manager, P4, Islamabad Pakistan

Contract

This is a P-4 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 7 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 131,634 USD and 169,714 USD.

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Pakistan was the sixth country in the world to sign and ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child, less than one year after it was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989. However, children and adolescents living in Pakistan still face acute challenges.

UNICEF supports the Government of Pakistan to accelerate progress for children, work to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and help children realize their rights under the Convention on the Rights of Children. This will be made through, among other things, strong partnerships with provincial authorities, teachers and health professionals, frontline workers and social mobilisers, communities and families, and of course the children and adolescents themselves.

In particular, UNICEF will work so that:

• Every child survives and thrives -- being in good health, immunized, protected from polio and accessing nutritious food.
• Every child learns.
• Every child is protected from violence and exploitation and registered at birth.
• Every child lives in a safe and clean environment, with access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation.

To learn more about UNICEF work in Pakistan, please visit the country website www.unicef.org/pakistan and videos on YouTube and Vimeo

The DAM provides overall leadership of the Data team in PMD section under the chief of PMD. to the new Evidence Unit to:

• Implement PCO Data/Evidence Strategy and develop a comprehensive multi-year evidence plan,
• Build, harness and manage partnerships and discussion forums for evidence,
• Align and contribute to KM and Advocacy Strategies of PCO
• Ensure high-quality evidence is generated with integration of cross cutting issues (gender, SBCC, emergency/DRR, disability, urban etc.) and used across UNICEF programmes effectively and efficiently to achieve the policy goals and UNICEF Country programme outcomes, ultimately to advance child rights agenda to fulfill our commitment in the current and new Country Programme.
• Ensure strengthening evidence culture throughout processes of evidence generation to strategic use for results for children,
• Capacity development of PCO staff skill sets for designing, utilization of learning and management of high-quality data and evidence generation (including MICS, CLS, and other national and provincial level surveys) and partnership and network building.
• Coordination of the organizational priority of SDGs monitoring and support and UNICEF flagship analysis such as Situation Analysis of Children, Adolescents and Women and support to the government for the CRC State Party Report

To make a difference, the incumbent shall be responsible for following key strategic functions, accountabilities and related duties/ tasks;

Data Collection and Analysis Capacity Building Ensure that the data collection and analysis capacities of Country Office staff and national partners – government and civil society – are strengthened enabling them to increasingly engage in and lead in survey and analysis of data for programming. • Promote the awareness and understanding of the shared responsibility data collection and analysis among all staff members through communication, training, learning and development activities organization wide. • In close collaboration with partners, ensure that data collection and analysis capacity building strategy for national partners and institutions exists and corresponding activities are identified and implemented. Collaborate to implement capacity building strategies as a joint commitment with other developmental partners. • In coordination with senior managers, develop staff capacity development strategy and plans, and exercise effective leadership in implementing them, ensuring that Country Office staffs have the basic knowledge and skills to fulfil their data collection and analysis and training is planned and carried out to fill identified gaps. Organize, design, and conduct country and regional workshops and seminars, facilitate an agreement on the data collection and analysis. • Lead and guide the development of training materials, as well as delivery of training in gender-sensitive, results-oriented data collection and analysis. • Actively seek partnerships with knowledge institutions for the identification of capacity gaps and development of strategies to address them.

Data and Analysis for Situation Monitoring and Assessment. Ensure that the Country Office and national partners have timely, accurate and gender- specific measurement of change in conditions in the country or region, including monitoring of socio-economic trends and the country’s wider policy, economic or institutional context, to facilitate planning and to draw conclusions about the impact of programmes or policies. • In coordination with other stakeholders, support the collection of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) and other key social development indicators (through MICS or other surveys) to improve national planning. • Support partners in the establishment and management of national statistical databases ensuring that key indicators are readily accessible by key stakeholders and are gender-specific and equity focused. Potential uses include the Situation Analysis, Common Country Assessment, Early Warning Monitoring Systems, and Mid- Term Reviews. Seek the feedback of the partners to improve the assistance accordingly. • Develop a Situation Monitoring and Assessment mechanism, collaboratively owned by all key partners, which supports the preparation of country level statistical and analytic reports on the status of children’s and women’s rights issues; and which allow, when opportunities emerge, to influence developmental and social policies. To include technical support to global reporting obligations including national reports on progress toward the SDGs, and toward CRC and CEDAW fulfilment. • Provide technical support to ensure that the CO has information necessary for UNICEF to effectively report on and advocate for children’s rights and gender equality through the appropriate channels. • In humanitarian response situations, provide professional support for one or more rapid assessments (inter-agency or independently if necessary) to be carried out within the first 48-72 hours, working in close collaboration with the humanitarian clusters partners. • Help guide the CO in collecting and interpreting existing early warning data effectively to guide the adjustment of programmes and operational approaches when and as country contexts

Knowledge Management Ensure that the UNICEF has mechanisms and platforms in place for effective and efficient use of robust evidence in UNICEF programming, to promote a culture of learning, as well as support UNICEF’s positioning and the knowledge hub in children’s rights in Pakistan. • Oversee the implementation of the internal components of the UNICEF PCO Knowledge Management Strategy and workplan. Support in building relevant resources/platforms that are user friendly and ensure effective and efficient exchange of knowledge between sectors, teams, and field offices. • Oversee the implementation of the external components of the UNICEF PCO Knowledge Management Strategy and workplan. Support in positioning UNICEF as the knowledge hub/leader on children’s rights and evidence on children in Pakistan. Ensure effective management, timely dissemination and use of knowledge and evidence. • Promote a better understanding and active engagement for knowledge management. Build the knowledge management capacity to distribute knowledge in various formats and to various audiences. Contribute to a culture of learning and towards improving development effectiveness. • Ensure that the office is effectively linked to wider UNICEF KM, Research, M & E developments in a way that both contributes to and benefits from organizational learning on effective KM management. • KM Strategy of the office is robust and is implemented such that KM products are accessible, used for programming and shared with partners

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Advanced university degree in social sciences, statistics, development studies, planning or relevant field. *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
• Minimum Eight years of relevant professional work experience in programme development and leading monitoring, research, and evaluation activities in international settings. Experience in developing countries is required. At least one instance of exposure to emergency programming, including preparedness planning will be an asset. Active involvement in a humanitarian crisis response programme will be an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

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UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (1), Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2), Works Collaboratively with others (2), Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2), Innovates and Embraces Change (2), Thinks and Acts Strategically (2), Drive to achieve impactful results (2), Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

Life at UNICEF

Working at UNICEF is highly rewarding. With attractive remuneration package encompassing competitive pay and benefits, a culture that helps staff thrive and diverse opportunities for personal and professional development, we aim to help you maintain a fulfilling life both at and outside the office.

We make sure you and your loved ones receive the resources and care that you need to thrive. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. Our contracts, wellbeing policies and initiatives ensure that you are well equipped to effectively deliver for children such as;

• Tax exemption, family allowances, hardship benefits, 10 UN holidays and annual leave allowance, maternity, paternity, adoption leave, medical and dental insurance, pension etc.
• Career support, staff wellbeing programme, breastfeeding policy, flexible work arrangements, childcare room, family support, policies & initiatives, security etc.
• UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

• Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
• UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates will be prioritized.
• UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.
• This Vacancy Announcement is open to all (internal and external) candidates.